Plant,Animal, and Microbe Invasive Species in the United States and World

Pimentel, David; Pimentel, Marcia; Wilson, Anne M.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-36920-2_18

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“…Invasive species are considered among the greatest threats to biodiversity (Wilcove et al 1998;Keller et al 2009), causing widespread ecological and economic losses (Pimentel et al 2007;Gren et al 2009), and have been estimated to result in costs for the United States in excess of US$120 billion per year (Pimentel et al 2005). As efforts to eradicate well-established exotics are recognised as inefficient and economically unfeasible (Mack et al 2000;Lodge et al 2006), a key alternative strategy is to predict and prevent the import of likely invasives (Kolar and Lodge 2001).…”

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Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics

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Worldwide spread and establishment of alien plant species continues to accelerate and damage ecological and agricultural systems. Early warning and prevention of high-risk introductions is the most costeffective approach to minimise losses while maximising benefits, and the Australian Weed Risk Assessment (A-WRA) system has been the most well-developed and successful predictive scheme. However, any system would be limited if the results or scores were confined to the locality of assessment. We compiled A-WRA scores conducted in four tropical to sub-tropical regions and tested the accuracy of these scores for predicting naturalisations for a separate well-documented, equatorial, exotic flora where weed risk assessments have never been conducted. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves reflect high accuracies of predictions, comparable to those in other studies. No significant differences in accuracy were found between each regional subset and the compiled set of scores. Our results show that A-WRA scores assessed at one locality can be used for others of similar climate, increasing the utility of every species' assessment. A global database of A-WRA scores would enable rapid local decision-making in border controls on imported plant species. A growing record of species assessments would also facilitate monitoring evolutionary and ecological aspects of invasive species.

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Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics

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“…Alien species, especially invasive ones, have becoming a growing problem on a global scale, primarily in relation to nature conservation but also in agriculture, forestry, and fish production [e.g. [98][99][100][101][102][103]. One of the sources of spread of alien species, including fungi, can be greenhouses [4,5], especially if the world climate is getting warmer.…”

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Greenhouses of botanical gardens as a habitat of alien and native macrofungi: a case study in Poland

2014

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Abstract:In 2010, 16 macrofungi species were found in greenhouses of the Botanical Garden in Warsaw-Powsin. These included 8 species of lepiotaceous fungi and a few species known from warmer areas. For 3 species identified, which are new to Poland (Agaricus subrufescens, Leucocoprinus heinemannii, Marasmius teplicensis), a description is given, with drawings of their microscopic features and photographs. Species composition of macrofungi is compared in 5 complexes of greenhouses (Bayreuth, Graz, Jena, Paskov, Warsaw) in 4 countries from Central Europe. The total number of species in these 5 studies is 206, including 27 (13.2%) lepiotaceous fungi. The smallest number of species identified was in Warsaw (16). More than twice this number was recorded in Jena (33) and Graz (34), while the richest fungal biotas were in Bayreuth (79) and Paskov (88). Of the 16 species found in Warsaw, 8 were also found in other greenhouses. In the group of 33 species recorded in at least two complexes of greenhouses, the most abundant were the lepiotaceous fungi (39.4%) and mycenaceous fungi (15.1%). Leucocoprinus cepistipes and L. straminellus were recorded most often, in 4 of the 5 studied greenhouse complexes. CCA analysis demonstrated that the highest impact on species diversity is the area of greenhouses.

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“…Invasive alien species (IAS) 2 of animals and plants have invaded the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments of Canada and the USA, and they have become established and exert their deleterious effects upon native species communities, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and industrial infrastructures (Pimentel 2005;Pimentel et al 2007;Simberloff et al 2005). IAS pose major destabilizing threats to various ecosystems (especially freshwater and forest) (Langor and Sweeney 2009), threats that are likely to increase because of human-caused habitat transformation (Marvier et al 2004), climate change (Stachowicz et al 2002), increased global trade (Jenkins 1996), and greater human mobility (Mack et al 2000).…”

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DNA-based identification of invasive alien species in relation to Canadian federal policy and law, and the basis of rapid-response management

Thomas

Hanner

Borisenko

2016

Genome

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Managing invasive alien species in Canada requires reliable taxonomic identification as the basis of rapid-response management. This can be challenging, especially when organisms are small and lack morphological diagnostic features. DNA-based techniques, such as DNA barcoding, offer a reliable, rapid, and inexpensive toolkit for taxonomic identification of individual or bulk samples, forensic remains, and even environmental DNA. Well suited for this requirement, they could be more broadly deployed and incorporated into the operating policy and practices of Canadian federal departments and should be authorized under these agencies' articles of law. These include Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Transport Canada, Environment Canada, Parks Canada, and Health Canada. These efforts should be harmonized with the appropriate provisions of provincial jurisdictions, for example, the Ontario Invasive Species Act. This approach necessitates that a network of accredited, certified laboratories exists, and that updated DNA reference libraries are readily accessible. Harmonizing this approach is vital among Canadian federal agencies, and between the federal and provincial levels of government. Canadian policy and law must also be harmonized with that of the USA when detecting, and responding to, invasive species in contiguous lands and waters. Creating capacity in legislation for use of DNA-based identifications brings the authority to fund, train, deploy, and certify staff, and to refine further developments in this molecular technology.

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Plant,Animal, and Microbe Invasive Species in the United States and World

Cited by 38 publications

References 27 publications

Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics

Towards a global database of weed risk assessments: a test of transferability for the tropics

Greenhouses of botanical gardens as a habitat of alien and native macrofungi: a case study in Poland

DNA-based identification of invasive alien species in relation to Canadian federal policy and law, and the basis of rapid-response management

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